v. Obs. Also corive, co-rive, coryve. [In form answering to L. corrīvāre; but used in a sense derived from CORRIVAL, and perh. simply formed from the latter.]
1. = CORRIVAL v. trans. and intr.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., III. xv. (R.). It lesser greeueth he should grudge that I with him co-riue. Ibid. (1592), VII. xxxvi. (R.). Then Scotland warr’d on England, and in that same warre did end The knight that had coryued; so the ladie lost each frende. Ibid. (1602), 153. And standing on my manhood would not be coriv’d of any.
1608. Day, Law Tricks, I. ii. I’st your countrie manner to corriue a leader?
2. intr. To consort. rare.
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler, 17. I should suspect … that Opinion, that will cordially corrive with two or three sottish errours.
Hence Corriving ppl. a., acting as corrival.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Arctoph. Epist., Wks. (Grosart), II. 331. I may let you know Why I refraine from my corriving foe.
